Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Sorbo Rubber-Sponge Products

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June 1922.
Aug 1935.

of 24 Walbrook, London, EC. Telegraphic Address: Osorbeau, Phone, London. Code: A.B.C., 5th Edition. Telephone: City 9372. Works: Woking, Surrey. (1922)

of Sorbo Works, Woking, Surrey. Telephone: 966 (2 lines). Cables: "Sorbo, Woking". (1929)

See George William Tansley Leeson

1922 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Sorbo Indiarubber Sponges, Rubber-Sponge Sheet, Heel Elevators, Truss Pads, and numerous other products in Rubber. (Stand Nos. A.71 and A.72) Also manufacturers of Sorbo Indeflatable playing balls and Rubber-Sponge Toys. (Stand No. F.53).[1]

1925 Patent - Improvements in or relating to moisteners or dampers.

1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Sorbo Rubber Sponges, Unburstable Playing and Sports Balls, Unburstable Tyres for Perambulators, Toys, Sponges, Sheet, Flooring, Upholstery, and numerous other products in Rubber-Sponge for varied purposes. (Stand No. B.6).[2]

1929 Patent - Improvements in or relating to resilient seatings, mattresses or the like.[3]

WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito [4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. * 1922 British Industries Fair Page 74
  2. * 1929 British Industries Fair Page 155
  3. * [1] [2] Wikipatents
  4. Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6